Peers praise Kaufmann, Stutsman for getting up to speed right away

9:19 PM,
Mar. 23, 2013

Bobby Kaufmann and Sally Stutsman

Written by

Adam B Sullivan
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa Reps. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton, and Sally Stutsman, D-Riverside, are both statehouse freshmen this year, but colleagues say they aren't acting like it.

Kaufmann has previously worked at the statehouse as a clerk for his dad, Jeff Kaufmann, who left his Iowa House seat this year. Stutsman, meanwhile, served almost two decades on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, where she often worked with local lawmakers on legislative issues issues affecting counties.

"One thing that's been a bit of a surprise - and it's not a complaint - is the number of responsibilities I get as a freshman," ...